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these cars were new then and had all the correct hoses, fittings, clamps without the age and alteration factor. what would a person do driving a 2001 chevy whatever in 2030? also I genuinely believe that people then were different with more disciplin, commitment and not the automatic sense of getting something to work without investing back into it with time & attention. just my 2c hisham 70 sq ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Clow" <variant_1600-vwtype3@yahoo.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:50 AM Subject: [T3] What did people do? (somewhat long) > Last night I went to take a little test drive with my > new wheels/tires (205/70-15's on 5.5" stock-style rims > -- woohoo! no more rusty rims!)... > > On my way back home, I took an off-ramp from the > highway, then stopped at a light and suddenly the car > started hunting at idle. Rev, choke... Rev, choke... > Rev, choke... > > It seemed dangerous to drive, like it was going to > jump forward into the car in front of me if I didn't > hold the brake hard enough. > > As I started to go again, I realized it wouldn't shift > into 3rd gear (automatic). > > So I realized surging probably meant vacuum hose, and > then lack of shifting with vacuum hose meant that the > transmission hose had come off. > > I haven't done a lot of maintenance on the car this > year, but it's always in the back of my mind how > today's cars you pretty much just drive, change the > oil, and unless something drastic happens, you're > usually trouble-free. > > What did people do back in the 60s and 70s with these > cars when something like this happened to just your > regular driver and they didn't know what was wrong > with the car and had to take it to the mechanic? I'm > talking from something as simple as a valve job to > something as finicky as a carb adjustment to something > more serious? One simple hose connection off can make > the car undriveable, or at least really scary. I > wouldn't want my wife to be driving the car in that > condition, but certainly back in the day these things > happened, right? > > Do you think a lot of Type 1/2/3's just went without > valve changes when people decided to stop bringing > them to the dealership and to a local mechanic, or > when they decided they could do their own oil changes > and otherwise only brought the cars in when something > bad happened? > > Just some things I was thinking about while under the > car in the dark last night... > > Aaron > > ===== > ----------------------------------------- > Have you driven your Type 3 today? > http://www.tiserves.com/VW/ > ----------------------------------------- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Surfside Internet] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Surfside Internet]